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Inequality is getting worse, but fewer people than ever are aware of it

  • Written by Jonathan J.B. Mijs, Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at London School of Economics and Fellow in Sociology, Harvard University
imageA snapshot of inequality in South Africa. Johnny Miller / Unequal Scenes, CC BY-SA

Inequality in America is on the rise. Income gains since the 1980s have been concentrated at the top. The top 10 percent today take home 30 percent of all income, and control over three-quarters of all wealth. We have returned to the level of income inequality that...

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